View Post ShopTalk Former WLOS Reporter Dies: ‘We Have Lost One of Our Own’ By Mark Joyella on Jul. 14, 2014 - 10:52 AM Former WLOS reporter Merritt Youngdeer has died, according to an obituary published in North Carolina. Youngdeer was 48, and died the day before his 49th birthday. Some friends learned of his death when they went to Youngdeer̵ ...